OC Register

"Most Influential 2014: Leonard Chan"

Published on: December 18, 2014

Highlights from this article: "Bio: Unhappy with the stressful dot-com world, Chan left his IT gig in 2009 to open California Shabu-Shabu in Costa Mesa. Three years later, he opened The Iron Press, a gourmet waffle shop with a craft beer bar. Chan has since become a hospitality dynamo. Lives in Irvine. ... Why he’s an influencer: In 2014, he revealed plans to launch a dozen food concepts in Orange County and downtown Los Angeles. That’s on top of roughly a half-dozen restaurants and bars he operates in destination food hubs such as South Coast Collection in Costa Mesa and the Anaheim Packing House."